WESTERLY, R.I., July 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Trust ("the Bank")
today announced Anthony A. Botelho,
Executive Vice President, has been appointed Chief Lending Officer
and assumed responsibility for the Bank's Commercial and Industrial
Lending, Commercial Real Estate Lending, Business Banking and Cash
Management groups.
Botelho has more than 35 years of banking experience, having
joined Washington Trust in 2021 from Freedom National Bank, where
he served as President and CEO before that financial institution
was acquired. Botelho holds an MBA from Bryant
University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island. He currently serves on
the Board of Directors at the United Way of Rhode Island, where he also chairs the
Governance Committee, and formerly served as President of the Rhode
Island Bankers Association and on the Board of Directors at the
Northern Rhode Island Chamber of
Commerce.
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Washington Trust values its role as a community bank and is
committed to helping the people, businesses, and organizations of
New England improve their financial lives. The Bank offers a wide
range of commercial banking, mortgage
banking, personal banking and wealth
management services through its offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts and a full
suite of convenient digital tools. Washington Trust is a member of
the FDIC and an equal housing lender. Washington Trust is a
subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a publicly-owned
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